Decision details

To consider a report of the Private Housing Manager seeking approval funding set out in the Housing General Fund Capital Programme.

Disabled Facilties Grants (DFGs) are mandatory, means-tested grants awarded to disabled people to fund essential home adaptations, which enables independent living. Scheme approval is sought to spend £1,368,000 on delivering DFGs. This is the sum contained in the approved Housing General Fund Capital Programme and these capital resources are available.

These DFGs will be approved in 2011/12 and completed in 2011/12 and 2012/13. The Executive Director of Neighbourhoods has delegated authority to approve this expenditure under Financial Procedure Rules in accordance with the Council's Constitution (6.1.13 of the Neighbourhoods Officer Scheme of Delegation 2010/11).

The sum of £1,368,000 is approved to be spent on Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) approved in 2011/12.

1)  This is the sum contained in the approved Housing General Fund Capital Programme and these capital resources are available.

2)  The Council has a statutory duty to award means-tested Disabled Facilities Grants to adapt the homes of disabled people living in privately owned properties and properties rented from a private landlord or housing association.

Not approving this capital expenditure would mean that the sum contained in the approved Housing General Fund Capital Programme could not be spent on adapting the homes of disabled people through mandatory Disabled Facilities Grants.